... S1ALUS FOPU LEX SUFR1TA. SUIJMI ARY. DOMESTIC. 1 lhe Bank of England minimum rate of disc.,unt was yesterday reduced from i) to 8 er c ent. The alteration had been so gene- rally anticipated that it produced no marked Aisupro vement in the public markets. At . % meeting of the Manchester and Liver- p;ol A, gricultural Society, held at Warrington yeterd.%y, the Hon. A. Egerton, M.P., was ...

... LATEST M1D TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE JURA. R;EAT BATTLE IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. [TELEGEAPH COMPANY'S EXPRESS.] GLEEcNCASTO.E, WEDNESDAY MORNING. Tbhe Canadian mail steamship Jura, from Quebec the 22nd October, has arrived in Lough Foyle, d having transferred all mails except those for iverpool, proceeded for the latter port, all well. be Jura brings 17 cabin and 51 steerage ...

... SiAze POPUU LAI BUP=A. DOMESTIC. A ramour to the effect that the Government will during the next session of Parliament piropse a comprehensive reform in financial matters is being circulated. The programme includes, so it is said, immense reductions in the military establishments and a considerable diminution of taxation. The story is not incredible, but it must not be accepted with- out ...

... . ~ I ARRIVAL OF THE DAMASOUS. GRANT & BUTLER DEFEATED WITH SERIOUS LOSS. ?? COMPANY'8 EXPR5ESS.] GREzNCkaTLE, TUSsDAY NIGHT. The Canadian mail steamship Damascus, from Quebec on the 29th October, arrivedon Lough Foyle at 11 35 p.m., and, having transferred al mails except those for London and Liverpool, proceeded to the latter port at 12 40 a.m.; all tvell. The Damascus brings 12 cabin and 28 ...

... LIVERPOOL EXHIBITION OF . PAINTINGS AND SOULPTURD, SLATER-STREET. Our last notice closed with the magnificent work of Schraeder, the Milton. Under this are a number of small gems which deserve attention. One of the chief is a bunch of grapes by W. HL Smith. This is considered by visitors to be one of the most wonderful specimens of painting in this exhibition. Let the spectator make a tube ...

... I CORRESPONDENCE I A CORRECTION. TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. Gentlemen,.-The Shooting Star alluded to In yo: PIT er o tod(aY' does slot belong to Messrs. J. and T. donsOn; she is owned by parties in New Brunswlo. ' Is now due here from St. George, B i with A. ca,ro of deal. and timber. The ship destroyedtby, -.e Confederate cruiser was the American ahip O3ing Star, of 947 tons, ...

... MR. DISRAELI ON THE CaHURH. I At the annual meeting of the Society for the Inceasngofthe Endowment of Small Livings in. the Diocess of Oxford, Mr. Disraeli, in the course of a long speech, di- verged into a discussion of the present condition of the Church of England. After pointing out one or two reasons why institutions like the one they were supporting had notyetreceived all the support ...

... I v THE CLOSING OF THE TURF SEASON. i To tke 11 EDIT of the DAILY Posr. Sir,-It Is fortunate that the ground is unsuitable for the introduction of flat races at Croydon and Reading, or we should probably witness a strong endeavour made to drag them into the racing sea- son, they having gradually crept up until they now take their polaces immediately behind the Hunt ?? gathering at Warwick. ...

... AMERICA. ,THE OPZRATION S AGAINST SHERMAN. IMPENDING ATTACK i3PO?1 WILMINGTON. QUEENSTOWN, NoVEBEB t . The Iloyal Mail steamer Europa, from Bostont the 26tb, and Halifax on the 28th ult, arrived he at 7 a m. to day, *(Vci Crokihaven.j NEW YORK, OCTOans. 27 (Evening) Beauregard asa assatued the command of e South Weet, and asserts that Sherman can and mu be driven from Atlanta. The Governors of ...

... As seven yearn have now elapsed since the great movement was inaugurated by the University of Oxford for testing the efficiency and raising the standard of middle.class education, the, present seems a con. venient opportunity for detailing some of the results of the Birmingham educations, and ascertaining the exact position which we occupy in relation to the general scheme. Before detailing ...

... CORRESPO.JNDENCE. NOTICSS TO ljuift'SPONDSNT1, ?? Itf3''ar ajes' pa''fsce on5 nones cc otupptnzo, ntS! Ats ?? o : ?? of lk,7eji3wif-ra, t eotaeoti;- hoi hiic sios. k'or fora fitg s inforfo n Aii Iletl Vditor. !Yes . .nsofcs' rrou4c wfvm ?? s ns' s.nÆ Osna. -,arslo ATht rx (!ry co opi--:t of i-e IA, entfq Veseesj te tlkd ti rdisra memrti cositeimoS, The letter of M. H, Kidderminster, is ...

... The workpeople of dessrs. Rdeynolds, Chunk, Crown, rncd Phoenix Cat NHal Works, have contributod ;1. 7s, 4.1d. to the collections made in St. Stephen's parish for the Local Charlites. Tbe Esu remitted to tho Trearurer from this parish amounts to £25. Os. 612d. We have received 5s. in postage stamps fron An Abetn teee. Collected at a Baptist Chapel, Little Sutton, lOs, Cd.; R. B.. 4s.; ...